eSports: Pro gamers headed for Fifa eWorld Cup

eSports: Pro gamers headed for Fifa eWorld Cup

Pro gamers headed for Fifa eWorld Cup They left a mark on the world of a kind in April by turning into the principal Singaporeans to achieve a World Cup, winning the Fifa Online 3 East Asian Champions Cup Spring competition and US$108,000 (S$145,000) in prize cash.

That milestone accomplishment has now earned nearby ace gamers Joseph Yeo and Amraan Gani long haul contracts with Singaporean eSports association Team Flash, the match reported on Monday (May 28).

Yeo expanded his full-time proficient contract with Team Flash till 2020, while Amraan, a moment year Nanyang Technological University oceanic investigations undergrad, will keep on competing as a semi-proficient till 2019.

The International Olympic Committee has perceived eSports as a practical Olympic game. The game is because of influence its real Games to make a big appearance as a showing occasion at the current year's Asian Games in August, and could be a decoration don when at one year from now's SEA Games in the Philippines.

eSports is likewise winding up progressively lucrative. The prize pool for the yearly Dota 2 global competition was US$24 million, and could be significantly bigger during the current year's release in August.